Self feeding and heating grease-box for tin-mills.



L CARL.

SELF FEEDING AND HEATING GREASE BOX FOR TIN MILLS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1918. 1,272,914.

Patented July 16, 1918.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1918.

Patented July 16, 1918.

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JAMES CARL, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

SELF FEEDING AND HEATING GREASE-BOX FOR TIN -MILLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed. January 24, 1918. Serial No. 213,563.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, rlawns CARL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wheelin in the county of Ohio and State of Vest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self Feeding and Heating Grease-Boxes for Tin-Mills; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in self-heating and feeding grease boxes for use in connection with tin mills and consists of a simple and eflicient device of this nature having various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view showing the application of my invention to a tin mill.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a grease box.

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view through the grease box on line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line l4 of Fig. l.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter:

A designates the frame of a tin mill of the usual construction and in connection with which the present invention is adapted to be used, and B is a grease box, there being two of these one upon either side of the standard at each end of the rollers of the mill the bearings of which are to be lubri cated by the grease within the box. The grease is reduced to a liquid by being heated by the iron passingbetween the rolls of the tin mill. Said box which may be of any suitable shape is provided with a hinged lid C, and D are screws fitted in threaded apertures in the box at points opposite adapted to engage the casing to hold the box in place. The bottom of the box has a laterally extending compartment E from which a pipe F leads to the bearing to be lubriated. A valve or other damper, designated by letter H, is mounted horizontally within said compartment E and is designed to close over the inlet and exit pipe F and is actuated by means of the handle I, which is pivotally mounted in an aperture in the bottom wall of the compartment. The wall of the compartment E has an opening K between the laterally extending flanges L. and O is a slide movable between said flanges and the vertical rods or keepers R passing through the flanges, said opening being provided to clear out any grease which may accumulate within the compartment.

In the drawings I have shown a single box as applied to one side of the mill, but it will be understood that two boxes will be placed one upon each side of the mill similarly constructed.

By the provision of a self-feeding and heating grease box made in accordance with my invention, it will be noted that the bearings may be continuously lubricated automatically, the supply being regulated by the *alve over the exit pipe. lVhen desired, the device may be easily and quickly removed and replaced, and by the provision of the slide the con'ipartment may be cleaned of any accumulation of grease.

What I claim to be new is:

1. A self feeding and heating grease box for tin mills, comprising a casing, and means for attaching the same to the frame of the mill, said box having a laterally extending compartment with an exit tube leading therefrom, a valve for controlling the inlet to said tube, said compartment having an opening in the side thereof, and a slide controlling said opening.

2. A self-feeding and heating grease box for tin mills, comprising a casing, and means for attaching the same to the frame of the mill, said box having a laterally extending compartment with an exit tube leading therefrom, a valve for controlling the inlet In testimony whereof I hereunto atfix my t 1210 said tube, flhe side (if said COHlpiLltnlfillt signature in presence of two Witnesses.

avin atera T extenc in' flan es are e1 I to ea ll other 23nd also in the si de l etWeen JAMES CARL 5 the flanges, rods extending through the WVitnesses.

flanges, and a slide mounted between the Z. M. CHANDLER, flanges and held in placeby said rods. 'D. S. RUEHL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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